Climate averages 1991–2020
Jimma weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Jimma: daytime highs average 22.5°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 205 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hosa’ina (113 km away). In August its highs average 18.7°C, 3.8°C cooler than Jimma, with 284 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Jimma ranks joint 15th of 40 for the warmest August highs and 19th of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 22.8°C; Jimma is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 205 mm to 248 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Jimma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 24 | 4.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 27.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 29 | 4.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 75 | 11.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 142 | 19.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 24.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 225 | 25.8 | 12.512 h |
| June | 23.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 179 | 28.3 | 12.613 h |
| July | 22.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 191 | 29.4 | 12.513 h |
| August, selected | 22.5°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 205 | 29.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 23.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 248 | 29.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 148 | 17.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 24.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 50 | 7.4 | 11.812 h |
| December | 25.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 19 | 3.8 | 11.712 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Hosa’ina in AugustEthiopia · 113 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.7°C · 284 mm rain
- Āreka in AugustEthiopia · 117 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 260 mm rain
- Gununo in AugustEthiopia · 123 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 260 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in AugustEthiopia · 125 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 222 mm rain
- Sodo in AugustEthiopia · 137 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 12.7°C · 253 mm rain
- K’olīto in AugustEthiopia · 143 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 173 mm rain
- Waliso in AugustEthiopia · 157 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 243 mm rain
- Butajīra in AugustEthiopia · 176 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 346 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Jimma) is explained once on the Jimma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.